Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:10:33 -0700 From: "Darren Spruell" <phatbuckett@gmail.com> To: robert@webtent.com Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Imaging to new system Message-ID: <839aec700712301010i278cbefcsd2ccd24179468ce4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1199037275.7325.17.camel@columbus.webtent.org> References: <1199037275.7325.17.camel@columbus.webtent.org>
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On Dec 30, 2007 10:54 AM, Robert Fitzpatrick <lists@webtent.net> wrote: > I have a server running 5.4-RELEASE using RAID-5 on an Intel RAID > controller that I need to move to faster RAID. Is it possible to image > or some other way to save the current install and restore after setting > up the RAID or should I just plan to reinstall everything? Running dump(8) and restore(8) would allow you to back up and restore your system. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dump http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restore This is typically used with tape, although you can dump to disk as well. If your data/system is critical, you ought to already have some backup strategy you could restore the system from to your new RAID. If not, you might put one in place (RAID != backups). -- Darren Spruell phatbuckett@gmail.com
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